Career
He has played for Malaysia national badminton team since 1986. He had played with different pairs such as Ong Beng Teong (1986–1989), Soo Beng Kiang (1990–1994), Yap Kim Hock (1995-1998) and Choong Tan Fook (1998). Cheah competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men"s doubles with Yap Kim Hock.
They had a bye in the first round and defeated Ha Tae-kwon and Kang Kyung-jin of of Korea in quarterfinals.
In the final, Cheah and Yap lost to Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia 15-5, 13-15, 12-15, the former eventually became the national coach for Malaysia"s men"s doubles. Finals: 22 (14 titles, 8 runners-up).